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I never was a fan of hummus – at least the kind purchased at the grocery store. Then I discovered a recipe for blender hummus! It’s especially good made from home cooked chickpeas. I had some roasted red peppers in the freezer that came from the garden last year and I added them to the blender last thing. Here’s a link to the recipe, Blender Hummus. To the wrap I added sweet peppers, tomato, spinach, lettuce, and cilantro.

It’s that time of year when I’m not sure whether to pick the green tomatoes or take my chances on them ripening. Today was the day for picking and I have enough to share. First I wrapped some in newsprint in hopes of ripening and the rest will be frozen to use later. I found a wonderful recipe for Green Tomato Salsa Verde at Modern Comfort Food. My neighbor said it would be good on a chicken enchilada, yum!

I know I mentioned a while back that I teach three year old children at church on Sunday, the Sunbeam class. Last week, being the first of the year, I got a whole new batch of Sunbeams and we talked a lot about reverence. The discussion went something like this . . . “Reverence is more than just sitting quietly. How can we be reverent with our eyes? With our ears? With our mouths?” When I asked about mouths, I was looking for an answer such as – we can answer questions when the teacher asks – but what I got was . . . (we can be reverent) “when we eat.” I learn a lot from these little children and then today I came across a great blog post entitled, Why I Eat . . . With Reverence. Wonderful food for thought!

Today was a good day to try something new. I have a friend who told me she eats beans for breakfast. Larry also used to eat beans for breakfast in Mexico. So why not . . . here’s my black bean breakfast recipe just for you.

It’s the end of the year and inventories are happening everywhere, so why not in the pantry? Here’s my next step for the three month pantry challenge.

Step Three – I go through my list of ingredients, check off what I already have in the pantry and make a list for the grocery store.

The first time I challenged myself to living out of the pantry for three months it took many months to accumulate the items on the grocery store list. This time, because I’ve been trying to rotate items in and out of the pantry, it will not be as costly.